President Bill Clinton, The Oval Office, January 20, 2001

"On my desk is the letter I left for George Bush, and I'm just looking out at that view I love so much one last time. I loved the Oval Office. It's always light. Even on the darkest days the Oval Office was always light because you had these windows here, and then this whole part of the room is lighted indirectly. It's the best place in the world to work because it's quiet and airy and light. It always lifted my spirits to go in there. It really is the most wonderful office." - Bill Clinton

Photograph by Diana Walker From Public & Private: Twenty Years Photographing the Presidency (National Geographic Books, October 2002). Used with permission. Copyright Diana Walker. The downloading of photographs for personal or commercial use with express written permission of Ms. Walker is prohibited.